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Dubbed GRACE, the robot hand can even bend fingers and make realistic human movements.

Scientists have developed a new type of artificial muscle that can lift 1,000 times its own weight * 3D actuators were combined to form a real-life robot hand that could lift 8kg * The high-strength properties could be applied to create higher capabilities in other body parts and a range of devices.

A team of researchers from the Italian Institute of Technology has just developed a new class of high-strength artificial muscles that can stretch and contract like a human muscle in a way that has never been done before. According to a recent research paper, the muscles perform with a level of versatility and grace closely matched to life-like movements, and provide a boost in the development of three-dimensional functional devices such as artificial body parts. class of strong pneumatic artificial muscles has been developed and combined to form a robot hand that can lift up to thousand times its own weight.

August is ‘looking pretty good’ for the historic Artemis I mission, says Draper’s Pete Paceley.

An immense amount of work goes into programming the manual astronaut override for NASA’s upcoming crewed Artemis missions. As Pete Paceley, principal director of Civil and Commercial Space Systems at Draper, points out on a call with IE, “we don’t want them to ever have to use manual control — but it’s necessary from a safety standpoint.”

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The autonomous, miniaturized robot could mimic movements used in surgery in space remotely.

MIRA, short for miniaturized in vivo robotic assistant\.

An autonomous, miniaturized robot could soon perform simulated tasks that mimic movements used in surgery without the help of doctors or astronauts.

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Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and their collaborators have used DNA to overcome a nearly insurmountable obstacle to engineer materials that would revolutionize electronics.

Scientists around the world are scurrying to reverse the hands of time. Here’s a look at one lab’s search for the fountain of youth, where old mice have grown young again.

The Overview Effect — another Reason to Speed up Space Exploration “…you develop an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world and a compulsion to do something about it…”

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New pumped storage hydropower facility Nant de Drance uses state-of-the-art technology to store renewable energy for on-demand use. It could play a vital role in stabilizing Europe’s grid as the continent transitions to renewable energy.